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Michael Pickering will be starring as gamekeeper Mellors in new musical Lady Chatterley's Lover, which plays at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 18 and 19 June. I caught up with Michael to find out more about his latest role. Can you tell me about Lady Chatterley's Lover? Lady Chatterley’s Lover is an exciting new musical adaptation... Continue Reading →
Come What May, a tribute to the greatest movie musicals of all time including Moulin Rouge, Rocketman, The Greatest Showman, A Star is Born and Burlesque, will head out on a major national theatre tour this September, playing across the UK including at the Mercury Theatre Colchester, the Mayflower Theatre Southampton, the New Theatre Royal... Continue Reading →
One week in and Brighton Fringe has broken its Box Office target for the whole festival showing there is a huge appetite for audiences on the South Coast to return to the theatre. After a year of closed doors and silent stages, there is a hunger to return to the escapism and power of performance.... Continue Reading →
The UK’s Black British theatre company, Talawa celebrates its 35th anniversary with a season of work showcasing unmissable established and emerging talent. From expanding community work to exploring new ways for theatre to reach audiences, the ambition of the company has never diminished or wavered. Talawa’s forward-looking anniversary season includes works-in-progress by promising writers, the... Continue Reading →
Rose Theatre’s Artistic Director, Christopher Haydon, is delighted to announce his inaugural season. Having been appointed Artistic Director in January 2020, he was prevented from announcing his plans until now due to COVID-19. With an emphasis on the female voice, the season will include five Rose Original productions – including two world premieres and a new... Continue Reading →
Theatrical innovators Chronic Insanity will launch their first data-driven digital art and performance festival, Puncture The Screen; a two-day online event championing digital creative culture. Platforming new and visually stimulating content, the festival aims to exhibit the best in digital creativity alongside industry-led workshops, with networking and educational opportunities to support artists in honing their... Continue Reading →
Cirencester’s award-winning theatre, the Barn Theatre, have teamed up with theatre company Scoot Theatre to take over the gardens of Notgrove Manor in the Cotswolds from 21-22 August for a weekend of outdoor theatrical family fun. The Barn at Notgrove, in association with Scoot Theatre will feature performances of Scoot Theatre’s family-friendly, sixty-minute productions of... Continue Reading →
Theatre Peckham, an award-winning cultural venue in the heart of South-East London announces the premiere of …cake, a psychological drama which unapologetically queers the existing complexities of family, roots and belonging; where power and duty dance in equal measure. Written by Women's Prize for Playwriting 2020 finalist, actor and poet babirye bukilwa, …cake forms part... Continue Reading →
Theatres Trust director Jon Morgan has responded to the National Theatre’s news that they will be meeting the baseline standard set out in the Theatre Green Book: “Theatres Trust is delighted to see the National Theatre committing to the Theatre Green Book Sustainable Productions baseline standard for all its upcoming shows. Since we launched the... Continue Reading →
The National Theatre has today announced its programming until the start of next year with productions on all three South Bank stages as well as three major UK tours, two productions on Broadway, a return to cinemas, and a new feature film to be broadcast on television this autumn. In the week the theatre reopened... Continue Reading →
